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Online Publication

Contents

Table of Contents (all three essays) (PDF)
Author's Preface (PDF)

ESSAYS FILES
ESSAY 1: Dimensional Analysis of Models and Data Sets: Similarity Solutions and Scaling Analysis
Summary (PDF)
Complete Essay 1 (PDF - 1.5 MB)
MATLAB® file:
danalysis.m (M)
ESSAY 2: A Coriolis Tutorial
Summary (PDF)
Complete Essay 2 (PDF - 2.2 MB)
MATLAB® files:
arrow3h.m (M)
Coriolis.m (M)
partslope.m (M)
geoadjPE.m (M)
ESSAY 3: Lagrangian and Eulerian Representations of Fluid Flow: Kinematics and the Equations of Motion
Summary (PDF)
Complete Essay 3 (PDF - 2.6 MB)
MATLAB® files:
gwavemovie.m (M)
basinlook.m (M)
basintracks.m (M)

Fortran files:
basin.f (F)
basinsubs.f (F)